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Massa beating Kimi
Topic Started: Feb 14 2007, 07:05 PM (144 Views)
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So far I havn't seen Kimi faster than his Samba team-mate. Ok yes Massa has had a good 2 years(including 2004) with the car and Kimi is new but I just cant see why if he's supposedly the fastest out there and let he's not stamping his autority. If Alonso can go fast time and time again why cant Kimi. Has Kimi lost it since 2005? Only time will tell.
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For god's sake, it's testing.
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Kimi has been faster a few times, last week at Jerez i think. By the way Massa tested for ferrari in 2004 ;-)
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Massa beating Kimi

WTF WTF WTF

I am surprised as anyone by this, I thought for sure Kimi would be trashing Massa from day one. However this is just testing and we may not know Ferrari's plans. It is possible they are running Kimi at race settings and fuel levels to give him a feel for how the car does over a race stint, and since Massa knows the car better he is working more on light runs.

We don't know, but it is interesting to guess.

If this continues through out the year, then many many people will be shocked.
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safc_fan89,Feb 14 2007
01:11 PM
For god's sake, it's testing.

But it is still fun to analyze. This is the last day of testing until Monday as well, let us speculate damnit! <please>



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Suprised? Nope. Massa has 2 years in the car and Kimi's never been known for being a driver who can be intimate with the workings of the car.

It's going to take Kimi some time to come up to speed - hopefully before the seasons start. :S
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Rob, my point is that you can never just say that a certain driver is out of form, based on test times. Hamilton was a tenth off Alonso today, does that mean the same will happen at Melbourne? I doubt it.
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I just hope Kimi show the world how "not great" he really is. Why people put up there with Alonso is bizzare
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safc_fan89,Feb 14 2007
01:22 PM
Rob, my point is that you can never just say that a certain driver is out of form, based on test times. Hamilton was a tenth off Alonso today, does that mean the same will happen at Melbourne? I doubt it.

I know what you are getting at mate, it is only testing, but we haven't had a race in some 4 months now, so we have to go on about something.
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I just hope Kimi show the world how "not great" he really is. Why people put up there with Alonso is bizzare

I would not be so bold if my favorite driver was beaten by de la Rosa, or a rookie half the time he has tested. <thumbs>
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I just hope Kimi show the world how "not great" he really is. Why people put up there with Alonso is bizzare

Because he almost won the championship in a year old car.
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